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Title

Tap City spectacular 1 [videorecording] / a project of the American Tap Dance Foundation; produced by Tony Waag.

Publication

c2003.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Waag, Tony.
• Iwahori, Chikako
• Pollak, Max
• Young, Nicholas
• Fenton-Shine, Amy
• Vanaver, Bill.
• Silva, Sandy
• Vanaver, Livia
• Carr, Darrah
• Bufalino, Brenda
• Fujibayashi, Mari
• Rosenkrantz, Olivia
• Hutchins, Corey
• Hosig, Ben
• Chamecki, Cintia
• Hebach, Susan
• Goodman, Andrea, 1953-
• Schwab, Lynn
• Stregack, Sherry
• Ribble, Michele
• Dorrance, Michelle
• Glover, Yvette.
• Nichols, Madeleine M.
• Hill, Jeannie
• Audy, Robert.
• Albert, Kurt
• Bleis, Klaus
• Callaway, Karen
• Lavi, Sharon
• Reed, Leonard
• Ham, Larry.
• May, Earl, 1927-2008.
• Ornowski, Eddie.
• Baum, Jebah.
• Steiner, Charles.
• Oakley, Jim.
• Vanaver Caravan (Company)
• American Tap Dance Orchestra.
• Tap Collective (Dance company)
• North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble.
• Tap & Tray (Dance company)
• Tapeplas (Dance company)
• Footage Productions (Firm)
• Vagabond Video.
• New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Dance Collection.
• New York City Tap Festival.

Description

2 videocassettes (VHS, NTSC) (106 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Subject

• Tap dancing
• Shim sham (Dance)

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Accompanied by house program.
• Recording made possible by the cooperation of New York City Tap Festival, Tony Waag & Footage Productions, Inc., American Tap Dance Foundation, The Duke on 42nd Street Theater, and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image, Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Credits (note)

• Executive producer, Tony Waag; co-chairs, Hoagy B. Carmichael, Gregory Hines; tap instrument and sound design/engineer, Robert Harari; lighting design/engineer, Jim Oakley.

Performer (note)

• Master of ceremonies: Tony Waag.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in performance at The Duke on 42nd Street Theater, New York, N.Y., as part of Tap City, the third annual New York City Tap Festival, on July 17, 2003; video documentation, Charlie Steiner of Vagabond Video.

Funding (note)

• This recording is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.
• Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Contents

• Cassette 1 (ca. 92 min. total). Nature / audio; created at HarariVille Recording Studios by Robert Harari and Tony Mayes.
• Trio / a cappella; danced by Chikako Iwahori, Max Pollak, Nicholas Young.
• Glory at the meeting house [and] Hangman's reel / choreography, Sandy Silva, Livia Vanaver; performed by Vanaver Caravan (artistic directors, Livia and Bill Vanaver). Glory at the meeting house performed by Amy Fenton-Shine (dancer) and Bill Vanaver (banjo); Hangman's reel danced by Darrah Carr, Amy Fenton-Shine, David Pakenham, Christopher Murphy, Ramona Staffeld, Elijah Vanaver, Livia Drapkin Vanaver, Amber Wirthmann.
• Stardust / music, Hoagy Carmichael, arr. by Larry Ham; sand dance choreography, Tony Waag, inspired by material taught by the late Harriet "Quicksand" Browne and the late Charles "Honi" Coles; performed by Tony Waag.
• Tribute to the ATDO (American Tap Dance Orchestra): The buffalo suite [orally introduced as The white buffalo suite] / choreography, Brenda Bufalino; masks, Jebah Baum; danced by ATDO members Mari Fujibayashi and Olivia Rosenkrantz with students from Brenda Bufalino's Buffalo suite residency.
• The in crowd / music, Ramsey Lewis; performed by Corey Hutchins and Ben Hosig.
• Brazilian medley / danced by Cintia Chamecki; guitarist, Pedro Ramos.
• Toccata (Movement I of the Tap concerto) / choreography, Susan Hebach, Andrea Goodman, Lynn Schwab, Sherry Stregack; music, Morton Gould; danced by the Tap Collective: Susan Hebach, Lynn Schwab, Sherry Stregack.
• A wink and a smile / music, Marc Shaiman and Ramsey McLean; danced by Michele Ribble.
• Cuttide / choreography, Michelle Dorrance; music, Elton John and Bernie Taupin (Philadelphia freedom); performed by the North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble (artistic director, Gene Medler): Carrie Barnett, Grady Bowman, Bridget Dean, Samantha Hayes, Robert Perera, Danielle Purifoy, Whitney Sogol, Elena Steponaitis.
• Presentation of Toe-Knee Award to Yvette Glover.
• Annual Tap Preservation Award / presented to Madeleine Nichols.
• Tribute to Robert Audy: Little Jake / choreography and performance, Jeannie Hill; music, Keith Saunders.
• Say folks [and] A cappella [and] Businessmen / choreography and performance, Tap & Tray: Kurt Albert and Klaus Bleis; music for Say folks, Dave Turner; music for Businessmen, Budd Johnson; musical arrangement, Kurt Albert, Klaus Bleis, Josh Hilberman, Budde Thiem.
• On the street where you live / music, Frederick Loewe; danced by Karen Callaway Williams.
• Cassette 2 (ca. 14 min. total) [Untitled] / choreography, Sharon Lavi; performed by Tapeplas: Ruben Sanchez, Laia Molins, Jep Meléndez, Anna Llombart, Sharon Lavi; percussion, Yaron Engler.
• Finale/Shim sham shimmy / choreography, Leonard Reed; danced by the entire cast and audience members.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-7202

OCLC

NYPY03-F566

Title

Tap City spectacular 1 [videorecording] / a project of the American Tap Dance Foundation; produced by Tony Waag.

Imprint

c2003.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Event

Videotaped in performance at The Duke on 42nd Street Theater, New York, N.Y., as part of Tap City, the third annual New York City Tap Festival, on July 17, 2003; video documentation, Charlie Steiner of Vagabond Video.

Credits

Executive producer, Tony Waag; co-chairs, Hoagy B. Carmichael, Gregory Hines; tap instrument and sound design/engineer, Robert Harari; lighting design/engineer, Jim Oakley.

Performer

Master of ceremonies: Tony Waag.

Musicians: Larry Ham (musical director/piano), Earl May (bass), Eddie Ornowski (drums).

Funding

This recording is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.

Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Added Author

Waag, Tony. Producer. Performer. Host

Iwahori, Chikako, dancer.

Pollak, Max, dancer.

Young, Nicholas, dancer.

Fenton-Shine, Amy, dancer.

Vanaver, Bill. Musician

Silva, Sandy, choreographer.

Vanaver, Livia, choreographer, dancer.

Carr, Darrah, dancer.

Bufalino, Brenda, choreographer.

Fujibayashi, Mari, dancer.

Rosenkrantz, Olivia, dancer.

Hutchins, Corey, dancer.

Hosig, Ben, dancer.

Chamecki, Cintia, dancer.

Hebach, Susan, choreographer, dancer.

Goodman, Andrea, 1953- choreographer.

Schwab, Lynn, choreographer, dancer.

Stregack, Sherry, choreographer, dancer.

Ribble, Michele, dancer.

Dorrance, Michelle, choreographer.

Glover, Yvette. Honoree

Nichols, Madeleine M. Honoree

Hill, Jeannie, choreographer, dancer.

Audy, Robert. Honoree

Albert, Kurt, choreographer, dancer. Arranger

Bleis, Klaus, choreographer, dancer. Arranger

Callaway, Karen, dancer.

Lavi, Sharon, choreographer, dancer.

Reed, Leonard, choreographer.

Ham, Larry. Musician

May, Earl, 1927-2008. Musician

Ornowski, Eddie. Musician

Baum, Jebah.

Steiner, Charles.

Oakley, Jim. Designer

Vanaver Caravan (Company)

American Tap Dance Orchestra.

Tap Collective (Dance company)

North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble.

Tap & Tray (Dance company)

Tapeplas (Dance company)

Footage Productions (Firm)

Vagabond Video.

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Dance Collection.

New York City Tap Festival.

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-7202